[Rhodes22-list] Politics: the need to vote

[Herb Parsons]

I'll go a step further, I don't even want it any easier. It's probably too easy NOW. 

Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
1976 O'Day 25
Lake Grapevine, N TX

S/V Reve de Papa
1971 Coronado 35
Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast 

>>> robert at squirrelhaven.com 11/10/2006 3:18:41 pm >>>
Herb Parsons wrote:
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> I'd hate to have something similar.
> 
> As much as I dislike 35%-40% voting participation, I'd HATE the notion of forcing people, who have no real desire to participate, close their eyes and pick a candidate, or pick one based solely on the opinion of someone else they read/heard a couple of days before.
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Gotta agree with you on that, Herb, much as it 
pains me to recognize that a sizeable part of 
the population is both uncaring and ignorant.

/Robert Skinner
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